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Institutional democracy will strengthen our society, engaging citizenry and distributing power equitably [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Mike O’Donnell argues that institutionalising people’s involvement in matters that affect their daily lives would surely act as an antidote to the apathy and disengagement that blights liberal democracy.
O'Donnell, Mike
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The Effect of Glass and Palm Fibers on the Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Compressed Earth Blocks (CEB) Stabilized with Cement

open access: yesJournal of Natural Fibers
Modern research is focused on the discovery of new compounds that meet the requirements of modern construction. An example of low energy consumption is that buildings consume between 20% and 40% of energy.
Abdelkader Fidjah   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reducing soil degradation to increase resilience to climate change and strengthen livelihoods in Ethiopia. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Soil degradation is a major problem in Ethiopia. Depletion of soil organic matter is a cause of low agricultural productivity, as soils become less fertile and less resilient to extreme weather events, which are expected to increase with climate change ...
International Water Management Institute
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Applying Quality Improvement Strategies to Health Services for HIV-Affected Mother–Baby Pairs in Rural Kenya

open access: yesJournal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2019
The Partnership for HIV-Free Survival (PHFS) was piloted in rural Kenya using a quality improvement approach to integrate nutrition with prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV services. Data were collected in a preintervention baseline
Kevin Kinyua MBChB   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

New data strengthen the connection between Short Range Correlations and the EMC effect

open access: yes, 2012
Recently published measurements of the two nucleon short range correlation ($NN$-SRC) scaling factors, $a_2(A/d)$, strengthen the previously observed correlation between the magnitude of the EMC effect measured in electron deep inelastic scattering at $0.
Hen, O., Piasetzky, E., Weinstein, L. B.
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The National Fund for Workforce Solutions: A History of Collaborations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Traces the history of cross-funder investment by local, national, private, and public funders in an initiative to strengthen and expand "workforce intermediaries" as a way to improve workforce training delivery through regional funding ...

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Engagement of National Stakeholders and Communities on Health-Care Quality Improvement: Experience from the Implementation of the Partnership for HIV-Free Survival in Tanzania

open access: yesJournal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2019
The Partnership for HIV-Free Survival initiative in Tanzania integrated postnatal nutrition and mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) cascades to reduce vertical HIV transmission. Quality improvement (QI) was implemented in 30 health facilities.
Stella Kasindi Mwita MD, MPH   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Active Ageing Strategies to Strengthen Social Inclusion : discussion paper. [PDF]

open access: yes
In the coming years, the share of elderly people in the whole population will strongly increase in all European Union countries. It is therefore necessary to implement a social inclusion strategy targeted towards older people both for economic and social
Sterdyniak, Henri
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Solving Colorado's Health Professionals Shortage: Initial Lessons Learned From the Health Professions Initiative Evaluation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Gives an overview of the trust's 2005-08 Health Professions Initiative to address expected shortages in all healthcare professions, its impact so far, and the strategies grantees are implementing to help strengthen the training ...
Kaia Gallagher, Tanya Beer
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Realizing Health Reform's Potential: How the Affordable Care Act Will Strengthen Primary Care and Benefit Patients, Providers, and Payers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Examines issues in primary care and outlines the 2010 healthcare reform law's provisions to strengthen it, including temporary hikes in Medicare and Medicaid payments and support for innovations in care delivery and primary care workforce ...
Georgette Lawlor   +3 more
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